Police in new mexico have released footage from a film set of the moments after the fatal shooting of a cinematographer last year helena hutchins who was 42 was working on the film rust she died after a prop gun held by the actor alec baldwin discharged he's previously said he didn't pull the Trigger and had no idea how a live bullet came to be on the set david willis reports from los angeles alec baldwin rehearsing his quick draw only moments before a film set was transformed into a crime scene the incident sent police racing to this sprawling desert ranch in new mexico Newly released police body cam footage shows the chaos that confronted them on arrival 42 year old filmmaker helena hutchins regarded as a rising star in the movie industry was airlifted to a nearby hospital where she later died are you doing okay no i'm not actually alec baldwin who was both the star of The film and one of its producers appeared stunned and disbelieving he said he didn't pull the trigger and he didn't know who put a live round in the weapon he fired the newly released footage also includes his first interview with the police i take the gun out and as i take like as It clears as the barrel clears all the turning the gun over here the gun goes off it should have been a cold gun with no rounds inside or dummy rounds cosmetic rounds no flash i take the gun out slowly i turn i the pistol bang it goes up she hits the Ground she goes down and then he starts screaming and i'm thinking in a flash round i could see maybe if there was wadding or there's some stuff like that that's hot and maybe it hits you and burns you they say sometimes that happens but remember we're rehearsing so no one's protected Last week local safety officials issued a report detailing safety failures on the set and fined the producers the maximum possible penalty of nearly a hundred and forty thousand dollars inquiries are continuing and detectives say they're still awaiting the results of ballistics and forensic analysis along with an analysis of alec baldwin's Phone data before they decide whether to press charges david willis bbc news los angeles